How to see everything you've ever Googled (if you're so brave)

The Chicago Tribune reports:

You probably don't remember what you Googled 10 minutes ago, let alone the myriad inane and fleeting things you've searched since the engine's beginnings.


But unless you're browsing in incognito mode or have tweaked your account settings, Google remembers those things. Not only that: Google logs all of your searches, analyzes them, and uses them to individually personalize the search results you see — which has pretty profound implications for both literacy and privacy.

Now, the search giant has created a way for users to better understand that process. In a feature quietly rolled out last January, and surfaced by a Google blog over the weekend, users can download their search histories from Google, including things they've searched across computers and phones.

These histories aren't 100-percent comprehensive: They only include searches you've made while signed in on your Google account. (Admittedly, if you have Gmail, this is probably more or less most of the time.)

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